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US records one shooting every 12 minutes
Jul 30, 2021 14:11The US has recorded one shooting every 12 minutes in the last week, with at least 915 incidents leaving 430 dead and 1,007 wounded as gun violence spirals out of control across the nation. Data from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive reveals more than 1,000 Americans were wounded or killed in shootings in the seven days between Saturday July 17 and Friday July 23.
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Record-breaking heat waves have arrived decades earlier than predicted
Jul 30, 2021 14:01The heat waves of 2021, which have pummeled western regions of the United States and Canada, have killed, at a minimum, hundreds of people.
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Scientists say flash floods will be more common as climate crisis worsens
Jul 29, 2021 04:47UK Parliament’s public accounts committee warned earlier this year that the government was not doing enough to prevent damage from flooding, and said councils and local authorities needed much more help, including more cash.
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Will COVID become a disease of the young? The world is watching developed countries to find out
Jul 29, 2021 04:42The UK government has decided to let the coronavirus spread among young people. Paediatricians are split over how much harm it will cause.
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COVID cases in US may have been undercounted by 60%, study shows
Jul 28, 2021 14:17The number of COVID-19 cases across the US may have been undercounted by as much as 60%, researchers at the University of Washington have found. The study builds on research which has found the number of reported cases “represents only a fraction of the estimated total number of infections”.
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Migrant children at military bases: What is Biden doing?
Jul 28, 2021 14:11US President Joe Biden has been housing unaccompanied alien children from the southern border at temporary facilities at military bases, and reports from child advocates and people who’ve worked at the facilities are harrowing.
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How the Delta variant upends assumptions about the coronavirus?
Jul 28, 2021 10:07According to interviews with 10 leading COVID-19 experts, vaccine protection remains very strong against severe infections and hospitalizations caused by any version of the coronavirus, and those most at risk are still the unvaccinated.
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Biden goes back on the campaign trail
Jul 27, 2021 14:33US President Joe Biden this week marked the end of the first six months of his four-year term. And as Biden knows from his time as second-in-command to President Barack Obama, it's never too early to get to work making sure Democrats hang onto other elected offices.
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‘It’s not going to be good.’ Fauci sounds alarm over low vaccination rates fueling COVID surge
Jul 27, 2021 14:27With only about half of Americans vaccinated, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other current and former health officials vigorously pressed the case on Sunday (25 Jul 2021) that inoculations were the best way to stem a tide of new COVID cases.
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'A huge outrage': Senate panel approves $25 billion Pentagon budget increase
Jul 27, 2021 04:58The Senate Armed Services Committee agreed to add $25 billion to President Joe Biden's already massive $715 billion Pentagon spending request, a move that prompted immediate outrage from progressive activists who have been demanding cuts to the bloated U.S. military budget.